{"id":3541,"date":"2023-01-26T03:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T11:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/millions-register-for-paris-2024-tickets-organisers-ask-buyers-to-help-others\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T03:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T11:45:19","slug":"millions-register-for-paris-2024-tickets-organisers-ask-buyers-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/millions-register-for-paris-2024-tickets-organisers-ask-buyers-to-help-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions register for Paris 2024 tickets, organisers ask buyers to help others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet has said that over 2.5 million people have registered for the first ticketing phase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a conference yesterday (Wednesday), Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Tous-sports\/Actualites\/Paris-2024-plus-de-2-5-millions-de-demandes-de-billets\/1376765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said they were<\/a> \u201csuper happy\u201d with the initial response, with the draw for the first ticketing phase set to close on January 31.<\/p>\n<p>The initial ticketing phase began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/11\/28\/paris-2024-olympics-first-draw-to-open-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December<\/a> and ticket buyers will be able to compose packs of three sessions of different sports from February 15.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers are also asking ticket buyers to donate an extra \u20ac2 per purchase to help others attend the Olympics and Paralympics that might not be able to otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/olympics-paris-2024-ticket-buyers-asked-to-help-others-attend-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, French entrepreneur and Paris 2024 board member Alexandre Mars said that it was \u201cthe same principle as the \u2018pending coffee\u2019\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is inspired by Naples in Italy, where a customer pays for a coffee in advance as a random act of kindness for a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>Mars added: \u201cIt has never been done before on such a big scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The donation is optional and will go to Secours Populaire, a non-profit that is fighting against poverty and exclusion in France and globally. 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